thank you. search efforts are hampered by bad weather and it s not going away any time soon. it s a factor if not the primary cause in the disappearance. there s a lot we can learn given what s been pulled from the sea. let s talk about that with former accident investigator for ntsb faa and the air force. author of air safety investigators using science to save lives one crash at a time. a lot to talk about. airasia ceo said despite this bad weather that tom just outlined for us the ships are working 24 hours around the clock. does weather impact what s happening below the surface in terms of using sonar for example? well as was pointed out, there s a danger of breaking a cable in heavy weather. obviously it s a threat for the divers. they have to get eyeballs on the
situation, many passengers on that airplane are not afforded the protections of the montreal convention. you mentioned that. help us you know be in the shoes, if you can, of some of these family members. we now know seven bodies have been recovered. take me back to what that identification process was like for your family since that s where we are. one thing to be aware of is each crash is different. in our case the airplane hit the water traveling close to the speed of sound. everything shattered. and what records could be recovered took many many months from 60 miles off nantucket. ntsb and various other recovery organizations really put out a great deal of effort. it took a long long time. the fact that people are now so soon after the crash recovering
radar. delta 1998 look to your right side about five miles for dash eight. should be 4300. do you see anything there? the plane s speed drops dangerously low and begins to dive in heavy snow. the pilot overcorrects. a fatal mistake. the initial reaction to the stall warning was incorrect. reporter: the jet crashes into a home in buffalo, new york killing all 49 people onboard. we put our lives in the hands of people that we assume that the faa and airlines are properly training. reporter: both black box, voice cockpit recorder are both recovered. a pilot blurts out, jesus christ and we re down. the first officer is about to say something but is cut short